Bangladesh vs West Indies

‘Batting may have been comfortable due to the wicket’

The two-day practice match between BCB XI and West Indies predictably ended in a draw at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram. BCB XI responded well to West Indies' first innings score of 303 by reaching 232 for five today. Talking to reporters after the match, middle-order batsman Mohammad Mithun said that batting might have been a bit too comfortable due to the nature of the wicket.
19 November 2018, 13:34 PM

Shakib back for Windies Tests

Ending all speculation and controversies about his finger injury, Bangladesh Test captain Shakib Al Hasan is all set to return to action after selectors included him in the 13-member Test squad for the first Test against the West Indies.
17 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Shakib loses his cool

Bangladesh Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan failed to keep his cool and engaged in a verbal altercation with a fan in the lobby of the team's Florida hotel after the T20I series win against West Indies on Sunday.
7 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Tigers starting to tick the boxes

Bangladesh's away series have never been as remarkable as it was in the just-concluded West Indies tour that ended with a 2-1 T20I series triumph, thanks to a 19-run (D/L method) victory in the third and final game in Lauderhill, Florida yesterday.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Triumphant Tigers revel in own brand

Bangladesh pulled off a surprise series victory over West Indies by winning the third and final T20I by 19 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis method in Lauderhill, Florida yesterday.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM

‘We showed great character against the world champions’

Bangladesh showed great fighting spirit to clinch the ODI and T20 series after a disastrous start to the tour of West Indies where they lost the Test series 2-0.world champions,
6 August 2018, 06:00 AM

The partnership that matters

Once again Bangladesh rode on their most experienced and reliable duo of Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan to level the three-match T20I series by beating the world champions West Indies by 12 runs in the second T20I in Fort Lauderhill yesterday.
5 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh tie T20 series

Powered by half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan which was backed up by some excellent bowling, Bangladesh win the second T20I against the West Indies by 12 runs to tie the series at one apiece ahead of the series-decider at Lauderhill tomorrow.
5 August 2018, 03:02 AM

Focus shifts to power cricket

After the disappointment in the two-match Test series under captain Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh bounced back with Mashrafe Bin Mortaza in charge to clinch their first ODI series away from home since 2009.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

‘Hope Tamim comes out of his shell in T20s as well’

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has been in a fantastic vein of form in ODIs throughout 2018, having played many memorable knocks and was able to hone his abilities, often performing the role of anchor, to revel against West Indies, hitting two hundreds and a fifty in three matches as Bangladesh won their first away series in nine years.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

'Want to get better in Tests'

There were high expectations for fast bowler Rubel Hossain since making his debut for Bangladesh in 2009. The cricketer from Bagerhat has gone through many ups and downs in his career and is now the side's second-most experienced pacer after Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Can Tigers step up in absence of Mashrafe?

Following the humiliating Test series defeat against West Indies, Bangladesh needed a boost of confidence ahead of the series-ending three-match T20I series. And it duly came in the form of a 2-1 series win in the ODIs, the format which the Tigers are most comfortable in.
29 July 2018, 18:00 PM

‘Winning a series isn’t everything’

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza says that there was a lot to improve upon despite admitting that the 2-1 ODI series win away from home against the West Indies was a good achievement.
29 July 2018, 07:39 AM

Tigers take ODI series

Buoyed by a century from Tamim Iqbal, some good bowling and work in the field coupled with the West Indies' struggles in the middle overs, Bangladesh secured a somewhat nervy 18-run win in the series-deciding ODI in Basseterre to seal a 2-1 win yesterday.
28 July 2018, 22:11 PM

We are not learning from our mistakes: Mashrafe

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza says that the Tigers are not learning from their mistakes as they once again lost a close game against West Indies and failed to secure a series win in Guyana.
26 July 2018, 05:37 AM

Tigers fight for series win

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and sent West Indies in to bat in the second one-day international (day/night) at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Wednesday as the Tigers looked to seal their second ODI series win against West Indies in the Caribbean following their 48-run win in the first ODI on Sunday.
25 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Tigers look to seal series

After a bleak Test series, Bangladesh have a golden opportunity today to wrap up the three-match ODI series against West Indies in favourable conditions in Guyana.
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Tamim's 'special' toil

One stat hints at Tamim Iqbal's importance to Bangladesh cricket -- of his 10 ODI centuries, seven have come in winning causes. His performance during his most recent century, the 160-ball 130 that set up Bangladesh's 48-run win over West Indies in Sunday's first ODI, holds ample evidence of why the team's success is often allied with Tamim's.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM

The Mash Effect

A common theme running through most analyses of Bangladesh's sharp reversal in performance to outplay West Indies in Sunday's first ODI in Guyana has been the change in format from Tests to ODIs, which the Tigers are much more comfortable with.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Tigers rally to win first ODI

Opener Tamim Iqbal and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan were in the midst of a stirring partnership to lift the beleaguered Bangladesh team in the first ODI against West
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM